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iPhone Users Go on More First Dates

Sorry, singles with Android, BlackBerry, Windows or old-school cellphones. Your iPhone-toting compatriots are getting more first date action than you, according to a recent survey of singledom.

The survey, conducted by Match.com, drew on singles both in and outside its service. Some 5,000 non-married men and women in the U.S. were asked more than 200 questions, including whether they had been on one or more first dates in the last year. None were in a serious relationship.

The results, broken down by type of smartphone, look like this: 49% of iPhone singles went on at least one first date in 2012. Next up were Windows Phone users, 46% of whom had first-dated; for Android users, it was 44%. BlackBerry owners were the least likely to have been on a first date that year; only 42% of them had done it.

You've no doubt noted that more than half of each singles group, including 51% of iPhone owners, aren't going on first dates. Does this mean they're too busy with their noses buried in their smartphones to interact with new people?

Not likely: just 27% of old-school feature phone owners went on a first date in 2012. And among singles who don't carry a phone at all, the number was a mere 18%.

So does owning an iPhone actually make you more outgoing? Or is it merely a function of this sad socio-economic truth: wealthier people are more likely to attract partners, and also more likely to shell out for iPhones? Share your thoughts — and your first-date smartphone experiences — in the comments.

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